Passenger-car.



H. HOWSON.

PASSENGER OAR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1908.

922,430. Patented May 18, 1909.

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'IIIIII 1 H. HOWSON.

PASSENGER GAR.

- APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1908.

Patented May 18, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT orr'ron.

HENRY HOWSON, or PHILADELPHIA; PENNSYLVANIA,,ASSIGNOR To THE J. G, BRILLooM- PANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PASSENGE R-CAR.

Original application filed May 12, 1908, Serial No. 432,636. Divided andthisapplication filed September26, 19l18.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 454,890.

" division of application filed May 12,1908,

0. 432,536,) of which the fol-' under Serial lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in -passenger cars of'thetype in which "passengers pay their fares on entering the car, andparticularlythe type of car used on street and suburban railways.

One object of my invention Is to convert an ordinary car into apay-as-you-enter car Without materially increasing the length of theplatform and to providean inclosed or partially inclosed space for theconductor on the floorio'fthe bod'y portion of the car, so as. to allowample room on the platform for pas sen-gers entering the car. I

' A further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable railextending to the side ofthe platform so .that it can be used either todivide the platform into'ingress and egress sections, or to "close "theegress passageway, or to entirely inclose the space occupied by theconductor.

' A still further object of the invention is to psrts' bein g inthe:osition illustratedwhen provide a sliding door at the side of the earwhich will successively close the sections of thelatfoi'm.-- i

T ese objects I attain in the following manner, reference bein had tothe accom panying drawings,'inw ich:'

Figure 1, is a sectional plan view of one end of apassen or carillustrating m invention, the parts eing in the position illustratedwhen thepl'atform is at the rear end of the can, Fig. 2, is a'viewsimilar to Fig. 1, the

thepatform is at t e forward end-of the car and .ig'. 3, is alongitudinal sectional view on.

.theline 33, Fig. 1.

sidesag azaB is the platform of the ordinary type having a frontvestibule framing 'B A, A are-the cornerposts of the car and extendingfrom one corner post to the other arates t e body of the car from theplatform I andis usually part, of the main framework of n the car.

A is the body of a car having the usual The floor a of the body of thecar is usually the edge of the floor a extending, as indicated in Fig.1, in line with the outer edge of the corner posts A; I I

In acar of the pay-as-you-ienter typethere must be a space setapart forthe conductor; the conductor in this type of car does not leave hisstation to collect the fares but/must be in position to receive faresfrom passen ers after they alight on the platform and as t ey enter thebody of the car. The conductor should also control the exit of thepassengers at the rear end of the car and be in such position to controlthe movement of the door or gate which is'ar-ranged to olose the side ofthe. platform, In the present instanoegin order to provide as muchroomas possible on the platformfor the" accommodation of passengers enteringthe car, I locate the space to':be

1' 00011 ied by the conductor on-the fioor a of the ody portion ofthe-carfand in this instance form .an extension 0, of the floor-ofthebody portion of the car, the said extension projecting over 'a portionofthe platform as indicated inthewdrawings, and space I inclose by aguardjconsistin inithe and a rail F, the rail extending from one side ofthe section D and curved and attached to a (post present instance of aframe section I f; the 0st in the present instance being ;mounte' on theextensiona of the floor.

Thus the rail has a longitudinal section f and a transverse section f-Pivoted.; to the guardat the post f 2 is an adjustable rail. F which is!adapted to a socket f 3 on :a vertical; post F at one side of theplatform. This post is preterably arranged midway between one corner 0stofthe car'and' the edge of the vestibu e framework B and divides theplat:--

form into ingress and egress passageways.

jOnthe framework of the car near one of theadapted to receive the reeend of the rail as indicated bydotted osts A is a socket lines in Fig.1, when it is desired toclosethe egress passageway, and the rail canalso he: moved so -as to rest in a socket f on the.- framework D when'itis-desired to entirely closethe space occupied by theconducto'r, leavinga free passage on either side "of the inclosure. The rail -1S moved intothe latterv positionrwhen the platform'is at the forward encloit thecar. By locating the epace for the conductor on the floor of the bodywhen between the body portion and platform inclosing a space within thebody portion to be 7 occupied by the conductor and so situated as todivide the entrance-to the'body portion into two passagewa'tys, with anadjustable guard extending from said inclosing guard to a post atoneside of the'platforni.

4. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, aplatform, the'fioor of the body portion being above the floor of the platform, aguard inclosing a central space on the iioor of the body portionadjacent the edge thereof leaving a passage on each side for the ingressor egress of passengers.

5. The combination in a passenger car, of a'body portion, a platformopen at one side, a guard extending to the- 0 on side of the platformand dividing'said p atform into in gross and egress sections, and asliding door at one side of the car arranged-to successively close thesaid two sect-ions ofthe platform.

.6. The combination in a passenger car, of a body portion, a platformopen at one side, a guard extending to the 0 )en side of the platformand dividing said platform into ingress and egress sections, a slldingdoor'm'ade in a plurality of parts and arranged to successively closetheesaid two sections of the plat form.

7. The combination in a passenger car,- of a'body portion, a platform,corner posts at the junction of the body portion and the platform, theside of the body portion having .a channel therein, a guard extendingfrom a point near the center of the platform toward one side thereof toform two passageways,

two sliding doors adapted to thcelninnol and arranged to successivelyclose that side f the platform to which the guard extends, one

door sliding past the other and one door controlling the movement of theother door.

8. The combination in'a passenger car, of a body portion, a platform, aguard dividing the platform into ingress and egress sections,

passageways leading into the body of the car, a section of said guardbeing pivoted so as to'swing into position to divide the plat form intoingress and egress sections,.or to swing tocut or? the egress sectionand ,increase the ingress space of the platform.

- 9. The combination in a passenger car, of

a body portion, -a-platform, a transverse partition-separating theplatform from the bod y, of the car, and having ingressand egressdoorways, a guard separating theplatform into ingress and egressseetionsand extending to the partition, a section of said guard being pivoted, apost dividing oneside of the platform into ingress and egresspassageways, three sockets, one on the post, one at the cor-' nor of thecar, and one on the partition to receive the end of the pivoted sectionof the

